BASS LAKE — It’s an exciting weekend with water levels back up, as the 26th Annual Bass Lake Antique and Classic Boat Show returns to the floating docks at the Pines Marina, sponsored by the Bass Lake Lion’s Club and Bass Lake Watersports. Somewhere between 40 and 60 of the finest preserved and restored watercraft to be found on the ...

Written by Rhonda Corippo — OAKHURST — “Can you pick us up late? We want to see a surgery.” These words aren’t typical of what you would hear during the school day but, on Wednesday, May 11, the students in Yosemite Unified School District Alternative Ed programs were saying this and more. Thanks to Oakhurst Rotary and Dr. Robert Brosi’s ...

AHWANNEE — Singer, songwriter, humorist and small town philosopher Antsy McClain writes what he knows: The good life. Antsy will be sharing a slice of that good life at The Coolwater Ranch on Saturday, May 21 at 8 p.m. and passes are now available at Oakurst Feed and Mountain Feed and Nursery in Coarsegold. Staging his live shows from a ...

MADERA COUNTY – Following are details from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office of reports taken locally from Sunday, May 1 through Sunday, May 8. Coarsegold report of bullying On Sunday, May 1, a School Resource Deputy was informed by parent of an ongoing problem with bullying on campus and the bus. The campus is located at the 45000 block of ...

OAKHURST — A regularly scheduled board meeting of the Bass Lake Joint Union Elementary School District will be held tonight, Wednesday, May 11, in the computer lab at Oak Creek Intermediate school, starting at 6 p.m. The agenda includes the usual approvals of agenda and minutes, as well as approval of the monthly payroll for the district at $413,682.96.  It features ...

BASS LAKE — The paparazzi and the mama-razzi were out in full force taking pictures of the 18 students who are deemed Pitman Award recipients for Yosemite High School’s graduating class of 2016. The 30th annual Paul and Martha Pitman Awards Banquet was held on the Gazebo Deck at the Pines resort in the students’ honor on May 4, with parents, friends, family, ...

OAKHURST — Madera County Transportation Commission is hosting a public workshop for the Short Range Transit Development Plan in the Community Room at the Oakhurst Branch Library on May 11 at 5:30 p.m. Those in attendance will learn about the regional transit planning process, as well as existing transit services and planned improvements. This meeting gives the public an opportunity ...

COUNTY — A staff member from the office of State Senator Tom Berryhill will hold Mobile District Office hours in area communities on Wednesday, May 11. Staff will be available to hear from the public their opinions on legislation, or to help with problems individuals may have with state agencies such as DMV, EDD, and others. The office hours will be held jointly with ...

MADERA COUNTY — Madera County residents can now welcome more than two dozen new volunteers to the ranks of those who are ready, willing and very able to respond to Search & Rescue missions. Twenty-nine individuals completed the arduous four-month training to become Madera County Search & Rescue (MADSAR) team members, and proved their mettle on Saturday in a mock ...

YOSEMITE  — Organizers of the country’s largest series of travel shows announced the “Best of Show” winners of its record-breaking Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show held at the Long Beach Convention Center earlier this year. The 2016 “Best of Show Regional Pavilion” award given out by Unicomm, LLC, went to Yosemite Experience. The Yosemite pavilion encompassed almost a complete ...